US Patent Issued to Overview Energy on March 24 for "Deployable, ultra-stowable truss for space applications" (California, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,628, issued on March 24, was assigned to Overview Energy Inc. (Ashburn, Va.).

"Deployable, ultra-stowable truss for space applications" was invented by Lee Wilson (North Hollywood, Calif.) and Marc Berte (Leesburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a system including a truss that may have a plurality of bays. Each bay may include a plurality of longerons disposed in a longitudinal direction, a plurality of battens disposed in a transverse direction, and at least two longitudinal struts that are coupled by hinges that are configured to allow the at least two longitudinal struts...